Xicoténcatl : an anonymous historical novel about the events leading up to the conquest of the Aztec Empire / translated by Guillermo I. Castillo-Feliú.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Varela, Félix, 1788-1853, author.

Contributor:

Castillo-Feliú, Guillermo I., translator.

Series:

Texas Pan American Series

Standardized Title:

Jicoténcal. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547--Fiction.

Cortés, Hernán.

Cortés, Hernán,-1485-1547-Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 156 pages)

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1999 : University of Texas Press, 1999.

Language Note:

In English and Spanish.

Summary:

As Spain's New World colonies fought for their independence in the early nineteenth century, an anonymous author looked back on the earlier struggle of native Americans against the Spanish conquistadores and penned this novel, Xicoténcatl. Writing from a decidedly anti-Spanish perspective, the author describes the historical events that led to the march on Tenochtitlán and eventual conquest of the Aztec empire in 1519 by Hernán Cortés and his Indian allies, the Tlaxcalans. Xicoténcatl stands out as a beautiful exposition of an idealized New World about to undergo the tremendous changes wrought by the Spanish Conquest. It was published in Philadelphia in 1826. In his introduction to this first English translation, Guillermo I. Castillo-Feliú discusses why the novel was published outside Latin America, its probable author, and his attitudes toward his Spanish and Indian characters, his debt to Spanish literature and culture, and the parallels that he draws between past and present struggles against Spanish domination in the Americas.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Translator's Note

Introduction

Book One

Book Two

Hook Three

Book Four

Book Five

Book Six

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-75325-X

OCLC:

1286806138